Rebel Media UK correspondent Caolan Robertson also quit in dramatic fashion, leaking audio of a private meeting where he alleges Levant offered him $20,000 in “hush money” to buy his silence on Rebel Media’s finances.

Instead, the former Rebel published a YouTube video describing Rebel Media’s internal office politics, Levant’s temper tantrums and raised questions about what Rebel Media does with money received through donations: “Where does your money go? Here’s the thing: no one really knows.”

“The Rebel is about nothing more than making money. The Rebel makes enough from its shows to cover its costs and apparently it even makes more from backers on top of that. So what on earth does it need with your money?”

Press Progress can additionally report that Levant is listed as receiving grant money from the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank that says it “promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western values from Middle Eastern threats.”

A 2011 report from the Washington-based Center for American Progress lists MEF as major players in America’s Islamophobia industry, one of “five key think tanks” that have built a “tight network of anti-Muslim” groups who are “primarily responsible for orchestrating the majority of anti-Islam messages polluting our national discourse today.”

According to financial disclosures by the MEF, Levant received grant money from a $2 million fund awarded to individuals and groups “working to promote the Forum’s goals of forwarding American interests and preserving Western civilization.”

Press Progress inquired about how many grants Levant has received through the special MEF fund.

MEF did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment.

Archived copies of the MEF’s website suggest Levant’s name was added to an official list of grant recipients between September and November 2015, several months after Rebel Media first launched in February 2015.

• Pipes and the MEF were also cited no fewer than 16 times in Norwegian white nationalist terrorist Anders Breivik’s sprawling 1500-page manifesto – Pipes would later concede he and Breivik have “common opponents,” but claims he has a more nuanced view of Islam and believes in “its potential for change.”

According to the Center for American Progress’ report, MEF has previously received millions in funding from foundations bankrolled by wealthy conservatives and GOP donors.

Editor’s note:Since this post was published Tuesday evening, additional Conservative MPs have told Press Progress they will no longer appear on Rebel Media. This post will be updated to note any additional disavowals.

One-quarter of all Conservative MPs have made guest appearances on Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media.